"The Queen Mother is currently under house arrest by the Emperor."
Yi Suiyun looked at Ning Que and spoke slowly.
He now knows the truth.
Ning Que did not come from Prince Ning's Mansion.
But he is the Queen Mother’s own flesh and blood!
The son of the late emperor Dafeng!
He had tried to infiltrate the Dafeng Palace, disguising himself and making his way to Yongning Palace. However, Yongning Palace was now sealed off, and no one was allowed to enter without the Emperor's order. He had carefully observed that the guards of Yongning Palace were the elite of the elite. They were formidable, undoubtedly masters. He had been lurking for days, but there was no way he could get in.
But Yi Suiyun was certain that these guards of Yongning Palace were no ordinary people. They were well-trained, all wearing masks that prevented their faces from being clearly seen, and they only obeyed the orders of Emperor Feng. They were most likely the ghost guards Ning Que had mentioned!
It was also because of the relationship between the Empress Dowager and Ning Que that Yi Suiyun hesitated to speak. They all knew the Emperor's plan. The Empress Dowager knew the truth, but she was still officially the Empress Dowager of Dafeng. If the Emperor wanted to assassinate her, it was fine, but he would have lost his bargaining chip.
"Yeah, I guessed it."
Ning Que nodded calmly.
At this time, everyone's expressions were a little strange.
Only Muya didn't understand.
"The Queen Mother?"
"Why is she under house arrest?"
"Because she is my biological mother." Ning Que looked into the distance and said calmly, "When she gave birth to me, I almost died. In order to maintain her own power and status, she had me exchanged with the newborn child of the Ning Palace. Thus, I became the youngest son of the Ning Palace."
"Then...then...where is Emperor Feng?"
"What do you think?"
Mu Ya screamed and covered her mouth.
"So, you should be the emperor!"
"And the current Emperor Feng is Prince Ning?"
"You can understand it that way."
Ning Que smiled faintly and nodded.
After he found out about these things, he had actually collapsed, but after so much time had passed, he was able to look at the matter with a normal mind.
"The Queen Mother is now under house arrest."
"So your biological mother is under house arrest?"
"Well, this is also the purpose of the emperor."
Ning Que nodded calmly.
Everyone knew what Emperor Feng was thinking. Controlling the Queen Mother was like controlling him. It was also possible that he still retained some humanity and was unwilling to kill the Queen Mother. But such matters were no longer a concern. After all, what Emperor Feng had done had doomed them to a bitter feud.
"The Queen Mother...is actually very kind to me." Ning Que looked off into the distance and said with a wry smile, "I remember when I first entered the palace, the Queen Mother noticed me. It seemed out of guilt, or perhaps for some other reason, that she always granted my requests. I remember once I accidentally fell into the water, and she was so scared that she quickly jumped in to save me. I was extremely naughty at the time and even accidentally knocked over her favorite jade disk, but she didn't punish me too harshly."
"At the time, I thought she was so kind to me because she wanted to win over Prince Ning's Mansion. But now it seems that she must have known the truth at the time, but was unable to recognize me, so she treated me like this. Logically speaking, everything that has happened now can actually be said to be the Queen Mother's fault. She abandoned me with her own hands, just to maintain her own power."
Ning Que appeared calm, but within him, a turbulent storm surged. He gripped Shen Qinghe's hand tightly. Shen Qinghe glanced at him, her face filled with heartache. Since arriving in Lingnan, Ning Que hadn't actually spoken of these matters. He was busy with government affairs, seemingly trying to numb himself with work and block out his wandering thoughts.
But in the dead of night, Ning Que would uncontrollably think about these things. The Queen Mother was his biological mother, yet she had done so many evil things. Even the fact that Emperor Feng had such a twisted personality was actually due to the Queen Mother.
On the one hand, the Queen Mother had been very kind to him when he was young. On the other hand, Ning Que thought about all the things the Queen Mother had done, which made him feel extremely conflicted about her.
"The royal struggle..."
Ximen Jie breathed a sigh of relief and shook his head repeatedly. He could understand why Ning Que was feeling so torn and conflicted. The Queen Mother was his biological mother after all. She had taken such good care of him during his childhood. Yet, everything that had happened to him thus far could be attributed to the Queen Mother.
The Empress Dowager was now under house arrest and completely controlled by Emperor Feng, who clearly wanted to use her as a bargaining chip to prevent Ning Que from taking action.
"Is she doing well now?"
Yi Suiyun just shook his head. "I can't even enter Yongning Palace, so naturally I can't see the Queen Mother. But I did hear some gossip from the maids, saying that the Queen Mother is now concentrating on worshiping Buddha and hardly leaves the temple. All the maids who served her have been expelled, leaving only Nanny Yang, but Nanny Yang is also unable to leave Yongning Palace."
"Um."
Ning Que nodded slightly.
There is nothing we can do now either.
"Xiao Ning, what are your plans?"
"Do we need to send someone to rescue the Queen Mother?"
"I can't do that."
Ning Que shook his head.
It wasn't that he was heartless, it was just impossible. Let alone Ximen Jie and Yi Suiyun, even if the entire Shen Ji Pavilion came out, including him, it would be impossible to do it.
"Let's not even mention the guards guarding Yongning Palace. The Queen Mother herself doesn't have any martial arts skills, so bringing her along would be a burden. Then there's the Imperial Guards, over 50,000 strong. Chang'an, as the capital, has over 100,000 elite soldiers guarding it. Even if we could infiltrate the palace, it would be impossible to get the Queen Mother out alive. There's no point in doing that."
Ning Que was extremely calm.
Because he had thought about these things a long time ago.
Those who could defend Chang'an were the elite of the elite. The Imperial Guards, the Imperial Guards, the Imperial Capital garrison... With so many layers of siege surrounding them, it would be harder than climbing to heaven to take the Empress Dowager away from Chang'an.
Bu Suanzi, however, was different. Although Kunlun Mountain was Dafeng's territory, it was quite close to the Liao grasslands. Furthermore, the foot of Kunlun Mountain was sparsely guarded, and Bu Suanzi's status in the martial arts world was such that the Feng Emperor would not intervene unless absolutely necessary. Rescuing Bu Suanzi was a simple task. With Liao's assistance, it could be easily accomplished.
There is no possibility of rescuing the Queen Mother at present.
There is no need to worry too much.
"It's better to capture the leader first." Ximen Jie raised his sword. "If all else fails, add Junior Brother Lu and the others, plus Junior Brother and Senior Sister. Together we can sneak into the palace and deal with Emperor Feng."
"Oh right, aren't there firearms? I really don't believe it. Can the Emperor even withstand firearms?"
Ning Que let out a long sigh and shook his head.
"You all know how big the Dafeng Palace is. Not to mention how difficult it would be to sneak in, even if I could really bring gunpowder into the palace, I want to ask you, does anyone know where the Emperor Feng lives?"
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